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Haggai prophesied in 520 BC, precisely 18 years after the first return from exile, when the Temple rebuilding had stalled. His two months of prophecy (the most precisely dated in the OT) successfully galvanized the community to complete the Second Temple by 516 BC.
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- Primary Witness Text: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattl...
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Haggai prophesied in 520 BC, precisely 18 years after the first return from exile, when the Temple rebuilding had stalled. His two months of prophecy (the most precisely dated in the OT) successfully galvanized the community to complete the Second Temple by 516 BC.
Haggai 2:6-9 promises that the "glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former" — understood in the NT as fulfilled by Christ's presence in the Second Temple (Luke 2:27; John 2:19-21). The shaking of heavens and earth (2:6) is cited in Hebrews 12:26-27 as an eschatological reference.
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Haggai 1:1
Hebrew
בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשִּׁשִּׁי בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה בְּיַד־חַגַּי הַנָּבִיא אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל פַּחַת יְהוּדָה וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָק הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל לֵאמֹֽר׃vishenat-shetayim-ledareyavesh-hamelekhe-vachodesh-hashishiy-veyvom-'echad-lachodesh-hayah-devar-yehvah-veyad-chagay-hanaviy'-'el-zeruvavel-ven-she'aletiy'el-fachat-yehvdah-ve'el-yehvoshu'a-ven-yehvotzadaq-hakhohen-hagadvol-le'mor
KJV: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
AKJV: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
ASV: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
YLT: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, saying:
Exposition: Haggai 1:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:2
Hebrew
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת לֵאמֹר הָעָם הַזֶּה אָֽמְרוּ לֹא עֶת־בֹּא עֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃khoh-'amar-yehvah-tzeva'vot-le'mor-ha'am-hazeh-'amerv-lo'-'et-vo'-'et-veyt-yehvah-lehivanvot
KJV: Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.
AKJV: Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.
ASV: Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah’s house to be built.
YLT: Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! --they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah is to be built.'
Commentary WitnessHaggai 1:2Quoted commentary witness
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Haggai 1:2
Verse 2 The time is not come - They thought that the seventy years spoken of by Jeremiah were not yet completed, and it would be useless to attempt to rebuild until that period had arrived. But Abp. Usher has shown that from the commencement of the last siege of Jerusalem unto this time, precisely sixty-nine years had been completed.
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Exposition: Haggai 1:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:3
Hebrew
וַֽיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה בְּיַד־חַגַּי הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹֽר׃vayehiy-devar-yehvah-veyad-chagay-hanaviy'-le'mor
KJV: Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
AKJV: Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
ASV: Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
YLT: And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
Commentary Witness (Generated)Haggai 1:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Haggai 1:3
Haggai 1:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Haggai 1:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:4
Hebrew
הַעֵת לָכֶם אַתֶּם לָשֶׁבֶת בְּבָתֵּיכֶם סְפוּנִים וְהַבַּיִת הַזֶּה חָרֵֽב׃ha'et-lakhem-'atem-lashevet-vevateykhem-sefvniym-vehavayit-hazeh-charev
KJV: Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
AKJV: Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste?
ASV: Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?
YLT: Is it time for you--you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?
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Haggai 1:4
Verse 4 Is it time for you - If the time be not come to rebuild the temple, it cannot be come for you to build yourselves comfortable houses: but ye are rebuilding your houses; why then do ye not rebuild the house of the Lord? The foundation of the temple had been laid fourteen years before, and some considerable progress made in the building; and it had been lying waste in that unfinished state to the present time.
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Exposition: Haggai 1:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:5
Hebrew
וְעַתָּה כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שִׂימוּ לְבַבְכֶם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃ve'atah-khoh-'amar-yehvah-tzeva'vot-shiymv-levavekhem-'al-darekheykhem
KJV: Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
AKJV: Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
ASV: Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
YLT: And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.
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Haggai 1:5
Verse 5 Consider your ways - Is it fit that you should be building yourselves elegant houses, and neglect a place for the worship of that God who has restored you from captivity?
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Exposition: Haggai 1:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:6
Hebrew
זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָט אָכוֹל וְאֵין־לְשָׂבְעָה שָׁתוֹ וְאֵין־לְשָׁכְרָה לָבוֹשׁ וְאֵין־לְחֹם לוֹ וְהַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר מִשְׂתַּכֵּר אֶל־צְרוֹר נָקֽוּב׃zera'etem-hareveh-vehave'-me'at-'akhvol-ve'eyn-leshave'ah-shatvo-ve'eyn-leshakherah-lavvosh-ve'eyn-lechom-lvo-vehamishetakher-mishetakher-'el-tzervor-naqvv
KJV: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
AKJV: You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. ¶
ASV: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
YLT: Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.
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Haggai 1:6
Verse 6 Ye have sown much - God will not bless you in any labor of your hands, unless you rebuild his temple and restore his worship. This verse contains a series of proverbs, no less than five in the compass of a few lines.
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Exposition: Haggai 1:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag w...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:7
Hebrew
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שִׂימוּ לְבַבְכֶם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃khoh-'amar-yehvah-tzeva'vot-shiymv-levavekhem-'al-darekheykhem
KJV: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
AKJV: Thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
ASV: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
YLT: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Haggai 1:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Haggai 1:7
Haggai 1:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Haggai 1:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:8
Hebrew
עֲלוּ הָהָר וַהֲבֵאתֶם עֵץ וּבְנוּ הַבָּיִת וְאֶרְצֶה־בּוֹ ואכבד וְאֶכָּבְדָה אָמַר יְהוָֽה׃'alv-hahar-vahave'tem-'etz-vvenv-havayit-ve'eretzeh-vvo-v'khvd-ve'ekhavedah-'amar-yehvah
KJV: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
AKJV: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says the LORD.
ASV: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
YLT: Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.
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Haggai 1:8
Verse 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood - Go to Lebanon, and get timber. In the second year of the return from the captivity, they had procured cedar trees from Lebanon, and brought them to Joppa, and had hired masons and carpenters from the Tyrians and Sidonians; but that labor had been nearly lost by the long suspension of the building. Ezr 3:7.
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- Sidonians
Exposition: Haggai 1:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:9
Hebrew
פָּנֹה אֶל־הַרְבֵּה וְהִנֵּה לִמְעָט וַהֲבֵאתֶם הַבַּיִת וְנָפַחְתִּי בוֹ יַעַן מֶה נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת יַעַן בֵּיתִי אֲשֶׁר־הוּא חָרֵב וְאַתֶּם רָצִים אִישׁ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃fanoh-'el-hareveh-vehineh-lime'at-vahave'tem-havayit-venafachetiy-vvo-ya'an-meh-ne'um-yehvah-tzeva'vot-ya'an-veytiy-'asher-hv'-charev-ve'atem-ratziym-'iysh-leveytvo
KJV: Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
AKJV: You looked for much, and, see it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow on it. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and you run every man to his own house.
ASV: Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
YLT: Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought it home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? --an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running--each to his house,
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Verse 9 Ye looked for much - Ye made great pretensions at first; but they are come to nothing. Ye did a little in the beginning; but so scantily and unwillingly that I could not but reject it. Ye run every man unto his own house - To rebuild and adorn it; and God's house is neglected!
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Exposition: Haggai 1:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:10
Hebrew
עַל־כֵּן עֲלֵיכֶם כָּלְאוּ שָמַיִם מִטָּל וְהָאָרֶץ כָּלְאָה יְבוּלָֽהּ׃'al-khen-'aleykhem-khale'v-shamayim-mital-veha'aretz-khale'ah-yevvlah
KJV: Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
AKJV: Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
ASV: Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
YLT: Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
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Haggai 1:10
Verse 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew - It appears from the following verse that God had sent a drought upon the land, which threatened them with scarcity and famine.
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Exposition: Haggai 1:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:11
Hebrew
וָאֶקְרָא חֹרֶב עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְעַל־הֶהָרִים וְעַל־הַדָּגָן וְעַל־הַתִּירוֹשׁ וְעַל־הַיִּצְהָר וְעַל אֲשֶׁר תּוֹצִיא הָאֲדָמָה וְעַל־הָֽאָדָם וְעַל־הַבְּהֵמָה וְעַל כָּל־יְגִיעַ כַּפָּֽיִם׃va'eqera'-chorev-'al-ha'aretz-ve'al-hehariym-ve'al-hadagan-ve'al-hatiyrvosh-ve'al-hayitzehar-ve'al-'asher-tvotziy'-ha'adamah-ve'al-ha'adam-ve'al-havehemah-ve'al-khal-yegiy'a-khafayim
KJV: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
AKJV: And I called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the corn, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of the hands. ¶
ASV: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
YLT: And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Haggai 1:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Haggai 1:11
Haggai 1:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Haggai 1:11
Exposition: Haggai 1:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:12
Hebrew
וַיִּשְׁמַע זְרֻבָּבֶל ׀ בֶּֽן־שַׁלְתִּיאֵל וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָק הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל וְכֹל ׀ שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם וְעַל־דִּבְרֵי חַגַּי הַנָּבִיא כַּאֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וַיִּֽירְאוּ הָעָם מִפְּנֵי יְהוָֽה׃vayishema'-zeruvavel- -ven-shaletiy'el-viyhvoshu'a-ven-yehvotzadaq-hakhohen-hagadvol-vekhol- -she'eriyt-ha'am-veqvol-yehvah-'eloheyhem-ve'al-diverey-chagay-hanaviy'-kha'asher-shelachvo-yehvah-'eloheyhem-vayiyre'v-ha'am-mifeney-yehvah
KJV: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
AKJV: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
ASV: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.
YLT: And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah.
Commentary WitnessHaggai 1:12Quoted commentary witness
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Haggai 1:12
Verse 12 Then Zerubbabel - The threatening of Haggai had its proper effect. - The civil governor, the high priest, and the whole of the people, united together to do the work. When the authority of God is acknowledged, his words will be carefully obeyed.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Haggai 1:12
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Exposition: Haggai 1:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:13
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר חַגַּי מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה בְּמַלְאֲכוּת יְהוָה לָעָם לֵאמֹר אֲנִי אִתְּכֶם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃vayo'mer-chagay-male'akhe-yehvah-vemale'akhvt-yehvah-la'am-le'mor-'aniy-'itekhem-ne'um-yehvah
KJV: Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
AKJV: Then spoke Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message to the people, saying, I am with you, says the LORD.
ASV: Then spake Haggai Jehovah’s messenger in Jehovah’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.
YLT: And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I am with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.'
Commentary WitnessHaggai 1:13Quoted commentary witness
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Haggai 1:13
Verse 13 Then spake Haggai - He was the Lord's messenger, and he came with the Lord's message, and consequently he came with authority. He is called מלאך יהוה malach Yehovah, the angel of Jehovah, just as the pastors of the seven Asiatic churches are called Angels of the Churches, Rev 1:2. I am with you, saith the Lord - Here was high encouragement. What may not a man do when God is his helper?
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Haggai 1:13
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Rev 1:2
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Yehovah
- Jehovah
- Churches
Exposition: Haggai 1:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:14
Hebrew
וַיָּעַר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שַׁלְתִּיאֵל פַּחַת יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־רוּחַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָק הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל וְֽאֶת־רוּחַ כֹּל שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ מְלָאכָה בְּבֵית־יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃vaya'ar-yehvah-'et-rvcha-zeruvavel-ven-shaletiy'el-fachat-yehvdah-ve'et-rvcha-yehvoshu'a-ven-yehvotzadaq-hakhohen-hagadvol-ve'et-rvcha-khol-she'eriyt-ha'am-vayavo'v-vaya'ashv-mela'khah-veveyt-yehvah-tzeva'vot-'eloheyhem
KJV: And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
AKJV: And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
ASV: And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,
YLT: And Jehovah doth stir up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they come in, and do work in the house of Jehovah of Hosts their God,
Commentary WitnessHaggai 1:14Quoted commentary witness
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Haggai 1:14
Verse 14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit - It is not only necessary that the judgment should be enlightened, but the soul must be invigorated by the Spirit of God, before any good work can be effectually done.
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Haggai 1:14
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Exposition: Haggai 1:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came a...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Haggai 1:15
Hebrew
בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּשִּׁשִּׁי בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃veyvom-'esheriym-ve'areva'ah-lachodesh-vashishiy-vishenat-shetayim-ledareyavesh-hamelekhe
KJV: In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
AKJV: In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
ASV: in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
YLT: in the twenty and fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Commentary WitnessHaggai 1:15Quoted commentary witness
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Haggai 1:15
Verse 15 In the four and twentieth day - Haggai received his commission on the first day of this month and by the twenty-fourth day he had so completely succeeded that he had the satisfaction to see the whole people engaged heartily in the Lord's work; they left their own houses to build that of the Lord. Here was a faithful reprover, and he found obedient ears; and the Lord's work was done, for the people had a mind to work.
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Haggai 1:15
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Lord
Exposition: Haggai 1:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Hag 1:1-11
- Hag 1:12-15
- 1Chr 6:15
- 2Kgs 25:18-21
- Haggai 1:1
- Haggai 1:2
- Haggai 1:3
- Haggai 1:4
- Haggai 1:5
- Haggai 1:6
- Haggai 1:7
- Haggai 1:8
- Haggai 1:9
- Haggai 1:10
- Haggai 1:11
- Haggai 1:12
- Rev 1:2
- Haggai 1:13
- Haggai 1:14
- Haggai 1:15
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Haggai
- Cyrus
- Jews
- Cambyses
- Darius
- Hystaspes
- Babylon
- Hebrews
- September
- Jeconiah
- Judah
- David
- Ezra
- Tatnai
- Seraiah
- Zedekiah
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Riblah
- But Abp
- Lebanon
- Joppa
- Sidonians
- Yehovah
- Jehovah
- Churches
- Lord
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Commentary Witness
Haggai 1:1
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Canonical locus
Haggai 1:1
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